Improvement in horse hat-forks



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Horse Hay Rake. No. 98,946. Y Y Patented Jan. 18,1870.

To all whom, it may concern:

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y'eliminiert FORNEY AND JONAS sWAB, oli' ELIZABETHVILLE, PENN- SYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 98,946, dated January 18, 1870,

' The Schedule referred to in .these Letters Patent and making the stime Beit known that we, EMANUEL FORNEY and J oNAs SWAB, of Elizabethville, in the county o f Dauphin,V and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse Hay-Rakes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereoQ'r-ef'erence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and Vto the letters of' ref- 'erence V[ 'narkcdthereon, which forma part of thisspeciicution, 4, Y

Thefnature ot our invention consists in the constructionland manner of operating a horse hay-rake, as willbe hereinafter"fully set forth.

I n order to enable othersskilled in theart to which ourinveution appertains, to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents av longitudinal vertical section of our lake, and

- Figure 2, a rear elevation of the same.

A A represent the shafts of our rake, which are hinged to a bar, B, secured tirn'ily on the front side of `a box, C, of suitable dimensions. This box either forms, itself, the axle of the rake, or vhas the axle attached to itin any suitable manner.

The rake-teeth D D are inserted in the box O fi'om tlle'rear side, nea'r the bottom, and fastened in` some suitable manner.`

Above each tooth, (in said bo'x,) and resting upon thel same, is a wire spring, a., which vgives thel tooth more strength, and at' the same time allowsl it to yield, suciently to prevent; breaking.

' For the purpose of discharging 'the hay from the rake, there is a bar, E, pivoted at a convenient point. on top ofthe box C, saidhar being, at its other end, 'also pivoted to a4 bent lever, G,-whch, in its turn, is pivoted at its angle on the foot-board, connecting the," two 4shafts AA, so as to be reached by the operator'. upon his scat H. j Under the seat H are pivoted two rods'I I, which, connect with a bar, J, extending on top of the teeth D D, and the width of the rake.. This bar J is, by one or more loops ou its uude'xi side, connected with the rake-teeth, so that yit will fallf and'rise with them, and also push `the hay o from the teeth4 when they are raised, by tilting the `box C,

by means of' the bent lever G.4

lHaving thus fully described our. invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure'by Let` ters Patent, s-'V The combination and arrangement of the shafts A A, box C, teeth D D, springs a a, bai-E, lever G, seat H, rods 1 I, 'and `bar J, all substantially as andforthe purposes herein set forth. p

In testimony thatwe claim the'foregoing as our` own, we alix'our signatures in presence eti twoV wit- EMANUEL FOR-N EY. j J UNAS S WAB.

' tresses.

Witnesses:

.loan B. Femme, DANIEL A. Goon. 

